Basic Information
The Course Introduces Basic Concepts in Atmospheric Physics, Presenting a Quantitative Description of Transport Processes Of Matter, Momentum and Energy# Thermodynamics (adiabatic Processes, Stability), Radiative Transfer (solar Radiation, Long-wave Radiation, Radiative Equilibrium, Solar Energy), Energy Balances, Climate Changes, Dynamics (geostrophic Flows, Ekman S Spiral), Atmospheric Phenomena at Global and Synoptical Scales.
Faculty: Civil and Environmental Engineering
|Undergraduate Studies
Pre-required courses
(14211 - Fluid Mechanics and 54316 - Advanced Thermodynamics A) or (14211 - Fluid Mechanics and 36035 - Introduction to Combustion Engineering) or (14214 - Fundamental Fluid Mechanics and 36035 - Introduction to Combustion Engineering) or (14214 - Fundamental Fluid Mechanics and 54316 - Advanced Thermodynamics A)
Course with no extra credit
14954 - Introduction to Atmospheric Physics